Dr. Esparis is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Sleep Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine. In 2012, shortly after her daughter's diagnosis, Dr. Esparis attended her first Annual MDF Conference in San Francisco. Since that meeting, Dr. Esparis and her husband David relationship with MDF has only deepened. Aside from volunteering her time to create a Spanish translation for the MDF Toolkit, Dr. Esparis has spoken at multiple MDF Annual Conferences and continues to organize fundraisers to support research focused on treatments and a cure for DM. Dr. Esparis served on the MDF 2021 Strategic Planning Steering Committee and currently serves on MDF’s National Advocacy Committee. Dr. Esparis was elected to the Board in March of 2022. Learn more about the Esparis-Kugler Family.